GREENWICH -- A fire that tore through a multi-family home in Chickahominy Thursday morning displaced three families, a Red Cross volunteer said.

The fire at 16 Ritch Avenue was reported at 4 a.m.

Greenwich Red Cross volunteer spokeswoman Caroline Sherwin said eight people were safely evacuated from the two-story structure and two dogs were killed in the fire.

Two people were taken to Greenwich Hospital to be treated for unknown reasons, Sherwin said.

"The home was destroyed," said Sherwin, who was called to the fire at 4:30 a.m. Sherwin said a neighbor opened their home in the freezing cold to allow the displaced residents a place to gather and be processed for Red Cross benefits.

One family will be staying with friends nearby and another family returned to the Red Cross's chapter headquarters in Greenwich. Sherwin said she was not sure what that family would be doing for lodging.

"We are going to ensure that they will have a place to stay and provide emergency lodging," Sherwin said.